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Nevada County picayune., 1887-03-30

his champion. At the same time it would have protected the roads from the expense and annoyance of litigation oyer trivial matters with nothing but prejudice and malice iii them. For, standing between the roads and the people as the ar hitra,ol of conflicting interests, this, commission, composed as II would and must have been, Of broad-gauge and ihcorruptible men, eypcrienccd in business, would have protected the interests of both and brought the great body of the people and the railroads into closer relation and a better under standing with each other. And as the system developed under the supervision of three honest, wise and careful men, such amendments could be made in the law as would bring out the greatest value oi railroads to the State; for correct railroad regulation means the very opposite of railroad destruction All these advantages we lose un- der the Senate measure.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-03-30

The President has appointed the following commissioners,to enforce and carry out the provisions of the the inter- state commerce law 10 go into effect April 1st: Thos. NJ. Cooley, of Michigan. for the term of six years; Mm. R. Morrisson, o' Illinois, five years; Augustus Schnnumaker, of New York, four wears; Al.lace r. Walker, Of Yer mont, three years, and Walter L. Bragg, of Alabama, two years The latter gentleman was a resi- dent of Arkansas from lS43 to 1861. Messrs. Morrison. Scoon maker and Bragg are Democrats The commissioners, as appointed seems to give general sat!sfactlon It will be remembered Judge Cooly Is the self,same gentleman that made Gould howl so loudly q few months since, because of tho Wabash railroad.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-03-30
FOOLED AT LAST.

A few weeks ago the Little Rock Gazette almost fell upon "Ans. ley'sn (of the Dispatch) neck and wept for joy, because he opposed in his paper, the Balch railroad bill, As the Gazette and three tourths of the opposers of the Balcb bill, violently opposed all railroad regulation, the above in cident is a straw which shows which way the wind blows. so far as "Ansley' and railroad regula' tion is concerned. While we will not say "Ansley" was opposed to railroad regulation, we will say his action was suspicious, as we are reliably informed, fully three f0urths of the Senators who voted for the Smith bill, as also tbree- fourths of the members of the House who voted against the Balch bill, claiming they wanted the Smith bill, thought then they would strangle regulation, as the two houses seemed to be at logger heads. We received this informa- tion at the Capitol Thursday, from prominent members of the Legls. lature. We are so glad the House acted so ,oisely, and SO greatly snr- prised the Senate and opposers Of railroad regulation, fooling them at last, and giving us even the Smith bill.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-03-30
Living Witnesses. 8.

Rev. Joseph Langston is a we'll known minister and member of the South Georgia Conference of the NJ. E. Church South, at Brown wood, Ga., on the Southwestern railroad, and is esteemed by all who know him. He says;
 Gentlemen-l very oheerfully and gratefully certify to the etfica. cy of Swift's Specific in curing me of severe ease of dyspepsia, which had harraSsed me for about two years. had it so bad that l could not sleep Night after night 1 lay awake, unable to get all hours sleep. My friends who had known me before l had the dys- pepsia hardly recognized the same man in me when the disease held me in it's tightest grip. l may trnthfnlly say that l had dyspep- sia about as bad as man could have it, not to die. It was so SC. we're that felt, as l suppose other dyspeptics do, as if had several different fatal diseases. ranging from heart disease to cOnsump- ton. Indeed, one physician stood me out that one of my lungs was affected.
 After several months of taking $. s. $. 1 was cured, and am ell. tircly we'll today, not having lost a single day thls year In my pas toral duties. This was last year. 1 keep s. $. $. as household medicine. and there are few ail. ments which, by purifying the blood, are not benefited, and ma ny cured, by the use of Swifts Specific. Joseph o, l.angston.
 Treatise Oh Blood and Skin Dis ease mailed free.
 The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co, Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-03-30
THE STATE RAILROAD LAW

We re.publishh this week the railroad law, as embodied in the Smith bill, which passed both branches of the Legislature. The law. while not what we wanted, is a step in the right direction. The Balch bil, would have been much better.
 Our able contemporary, the Washington Press, uses the follow ing language, on this question, which we endorse as our own:
 This act is a plain, inflexible, cast-iron statute, left entirely to the courts to administer at the end of innumerable lawsuits. It is like d new wagon, with every tap screwed so tight that it has not suf- iicient "play" to get out of a rut ar over log. The cost of it's ad- ministration through the courts will be so great that many a man will submit to unjust treatment, rather than seek reliefthrOagh the tedious, expensive and doubtful issue of suit at law. It does not allow railroads to compete with boats at river points, as the Balch bill did, through the provisO attach ed to the long and short haul clause -"under substantially similar cir cumstances" and, to a great ex tent, will defeat itself on account of iis extreme radicalism. For this reason, perhaps, the railroad people preferred it to the House bill, and were thus able to agree with those whom nothing short of extreme legislation would satisfy.
 On the other hand, the Balch bill provided, through commis- sion, for the cheap, simple and ef- fective administration of more liberal law. It placed it within the power of the most humble citizen to have any wrong done him corrected, by making the State
Nevada County picayune., 1887-03-30

The interstate commerce bill cannot ap- ply to single pound of the freight hauled wholly within the limits of Missouri. Unit ed States laws have nothing to do with the internal affairs of Missouri. This State has an autonomy of its own and must regulate its own affairs or leave them in confusion.--Mis- souri Republican.
 And prcsisely the same in Ar kansas, and every other State in the Union. Our State commerce must be regulated by State laws. Business between, for instance, Little Rock and Texarkana, or Ft Smith and Arkansas City, or Hell ena and Fayetteville, or any other points wholly in the State, cannot be touched by the Interstate law; and the regulation of Inter State commerce makes the protection of State commerce all the more nec- essary, lest it he taxed to make up for that which the roads may lose upon interstate business Wash ington Press.
 Correct! And for this reason among many others, the press and people wanted commission to regulate and say what railroads should charge between all points in this State.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-03-30

The Independent has no fay or ite for state geOlogist, but does trust that the governor will ap- point some one that is thoroughly competent to perform the duties of the oflice.-Texarkana Indepen- dent.
 Well, we guess the Governor will exercise his usual good judg- ment in this matter, and then we guess the Independent will sing paeans of praise 10 him for follow. ing its good advice.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-03-30

A good joke on the Legislature lies in the fact that it passed the bill prohibiting the use of free passes by legislators and State of ficers, to take effect thirty days after passage, and the bill went into effect Tuesday, so they will have to pay fare to the railroads or foot it home.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-03-30

On March 2lst, Grover Cleve land celebrated his cemi-centenni' al birth day in simple, unosten' tatious manner. Those of his predecessors who have enjoyed this prevelege were Polk, Pierce and Grant, The indications now are that Mir. Cleveland will cele' prate his 56th anniversary Tn the White House-provided he listens to the doctors and takes care of himself physically. The Demo. cratic party will look after his DO litical welfare.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-03-30

The Forest City Times says hat somebody is pocketing a big ice on the Memphis and Arkansas bridge bill. If true we would like to know who the gentleman is.- Hot springs Sentinel.
 We second the sentineFs mo- ton, and say knock the bug out from under the chip, and give ns the gentleman's name Is it one of our J, $. Senators; or repre- sentative Breckenridge, in whose district the Arkansas end of the bridge will rest' We simply ask this question for information without duplicating the gentlemen mentioned.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-03-30

It will be cold day ill August when Capt. Ansley votes against proper railroad legislation, and none know this fact better than the Picayune, ,-Texarkana lndepen dent.
 Bah! give Us d rest, please, aho quit changing front so often. A few months since you were "cus sing' Capt. Ansley as an anarchist etc., and now you laud him to the skies. Guess this shows indepen dence (?) but we want no such in stability in "Ourn."
Nevada County picayune., 1887-03-30
HAND ROBBERS"

The Gazette is working hard to change the sentiment of the house on the repeal Of 4763. Let Shattuck and Hoffman and all other land robbers leave the state. Prescott Picayune.
 In its ignorance The Gazette supposed that legislation which in- creased the supply of money and reduced the interest rates was a good thing for the people. But we discover that it is deemed best to decrease the supply of money by fencing out foreign capital, anu rely solely on the local supply, which is small, and to obtain which higher rates of interest must be paid, under the operations of the laws of trade. Messrs. Shat. tuck and Hoffman of New Orleans have been lending farmers and others large sums of money 0t moderate interest rates and on long time, under the lately repeal ed law. It appears that for so do. ing they are ''land rObbers," al though by the same reasoning To- cal capitalists charging heavier in terest and reducing the time so as to cover delays waived by the for mer law would not b6 considered ''land robbers.
 While we are urging the world to come to us with capital, to build railroads, develop our mines and our vast forests filled with timber, and promote our agricultural in terest, 1t does not seem to be per lection of wisdom or enterprise to brand as robbers" men whose sole offense is lending our farmers and business men money at low rates of interest. complying with their part of contracts. and ex- pecting others to comply with theirs.
 The Gazette annually expends a great deal of money in obtaining data to attract the attention of the outside world to Onr rich natural resources. Capital has at last be gun to flow into the state for m yestments in loans and permanent properties. These 'robbers" are aiding to build up the state, and the state wants more of them.- Arkansas Gazette.
 The Gazette is mistaken in cred iting the above squib to us, as it did not appear in the Picayune, but the Dispatch. Like the Gazette, the Pine Bluff Press-Eagle and nine tenths of the other papers in the state, we think the repeating of the act referred to will work a great In. jury to farmers in need of money, as Shattuck and Hoffman are not foreign land grabbers and ''rOb- bers," but Southern capitalists, who have loaned money on real estate at s per cent interest, which is very reasonable rate. The bill recently passed by the Legislature repealed the act allow ing waiving of appraisment, and by the law as it now stands capi. talists can hardly collect money loaned on real estate without great risks and delay. We have time and again, in these columns,. Opposed foreign money loan associations, that charge excessive interest, most of them from London, we re- gret the bill as passed did not leave out home capitalist-which would have have allowed Shattock X Hoffman to remain in the field
 We hope the Gazette will cor rect it's egregious blnnder of a wrong credit, and put us right be- fore its readers.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-03-30

A prominent New York physi. elan says President Cleveland will not live out his term of office, twill die of apoplexy or paralysis.) mn less he takes more active exercise, and prescribes gymnastics.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-03-30

The Iron Mountain railroad gem erously proposes to tender the State enough money to increase the salary of the State geologist to S6,OOO year.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-03-30

The Legislature adjonrns to. morrow. We will give full re sumc of its work next week. IL has done about half of what was expected of it, and we suppose de- serve credit to that extent.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-03-30
AS>IGNEE'S \ SALE.
NOTICES h hereby given that on


 SATURDAY. APRIL 9th, 1887, will sell at public vcndue to the highest bidder FOR CASH. nt the co.ner of West Front and West Elm streets. in the town of Prescott, in Nevada county. and State of Ar kansas, all the property belonging to the mercantile firm of Woodbcry X Portis. con ssting of large stock of Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hats, Notions, Groceries, Planta- ton Supplies, large lot of Oats and seed potatoes, enc iron safc office furniture, Ac., No. Also three head of horscs, one deliy- cry and two farm wagons and three bales of cotton. The sglo win begin between the hours of . o'clock ., m, and 2 o'clock m. and if not completed on that day, will be continued from day to day thereafter until completed, BRAD Scorr.
 Assignee of
 Woodbery X Ports. March 7th lSST
Nevada County picayune., 1887-03-30

Figures printed in the Method ist Year Book show that on Jan. |, 1887, Methodism throughout the world number 35,0O0 travelling preachers and C, 8,320,O00 members. In the United States there are 27,- GOO travelling preachers, and 4,OOO,- 900 members, and population Of over l5,OO0,OO0 or more than one fonrtb of the population of the en' tire country-56, 100000, The Methodist Episcopal church alone numbers In the United States, l2,- 800 travelling preachers, and 2, 100000 members, having 2o,OOO churches, worth ST 100000; 1oOO parsonages. worth sl1,OoO'OOO; IA college and other school prop erties, worth, including endow- ments, Sl4, ,OOO, 900, making d total of SlO3.00O, ,0O0.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-03-30

SUBSCRIPTION, l.50 PER TEAK. oh Work Neatly executed. Local notices Toe per line each inscrtion.- 5c per line to regulate advertisers who run hem all the time.
 sn5- All advertising payable monthly or quarterly, unless otherwise agreed on. Ad- dress all communications to
 THE PICAYUNE,
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Nevada County picayune., 1887-03-30
Our Clubbing Rates.

We offer to our readers one of the best opportunities to secure supply or gooo reading for the next year ever offered by any newspaper in the southwest All the perl odicnls are first class. and will be hishiy appreciated in any family. Look over the list and make your selection early. The amount set opposite each periodical is for one year.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-03-30
SCHOOL NOTICE.

Mrs. A. A. Kirkland has moved hel school 10 the Tom Allen public school building. Win occupy rooms on the first floor. She has been fortunate In securing Miss Ida Moore as asslstant. They will give their careful. conscientious attention to the thorough training of the children inc trusted to their care. They solicit liberal shar9 of the public patronage. Terms the same as before.
 First four grades, per month..u.... 90
 Fltth and Sixth, per month...,"..... , %
 seventh and Eight, per month... , %
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-09-23
COmposing-ROOm HumOr.

Just as much of the humorous character
as has ever been gathered together and
published by 'funny men" graduates
Nom composing rooms and has been kept
from the columns of newspapers, because
after the laugh the jokes created they
have been almost forgotten. But few
of the decidedly rich things that have
been "got off ;" in composing rooms by
the men who have regulations in their
sphere as workmen are we'll worth record
ing.
While well-known foreman of the
New York Post composing room welded
authority there some twenty years ago
he now having post at foreign station
under the Government-he was ac-
credited with running the Office with q
shorter allowance of type than any other
man as foreman would have thought
possible or wonld have had the temerty
to do. He was constantly besieged for
''sorts," and his policy was the occasion
of much vitupcration piled upon his head
when he was not present. One day a
''sub" in the Office was seen, toward the
end of composition hours, crawling about
the floor and picking up type. He was
asked by the joker of the room:
"What are you doing, Jack2"
'I'm trying to get type enough to
finish this take, that's what I'm doing"
said he, in n rather disgusted tone.
"Well, what sorts do you want9 What
are you short OFF,
II want some his"
"Go over there under No. 1913 frame.
He's an Englishman. He drops them, y
was the comforting reply Chicago
Times
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-09-23
The Coin OF Four Great Nations.

The latest returns from the great reser-
voirs of metallic money afford an illus
tration of the prodigious growth of the
United States in the financial transactions
OF the world. The United States Treas
ury possesses $3.50, 900, 600 of silver and
$2S5, 600, 600 in gold; the Bank of
France, s241, coo, O0O of gold and $780,
900, 900 of silver; the Bank of England,
S121, 900, 600 of gold, reporting no silver;
the Imperial bank of Germany, $780,
600, 600 in gold and $40, 900, 900 in silver.
1t will thus be perceived that the United
States Treasury holds $62, 900, 600 more
OF gold than the Bank of England and
the Imperial Bank of Germany, the two
great reservoirs of precious metals in
those powerful nations.
The figures look astounding to an
American who remembers that in the
days of the Van Buren, and Harrison ad-
ministrations, forty-five years ago, So
coo, 900 or sc, 900, 900 in gold and silver
was as much as our National Treasury
could scrape together.
1t should be understood that no small
portion of the gold and silver in the
United States Treasury is not owned by
the Government, but is placed there by
depositors who have implicit faith in the
integrity and fidelity of the Government.
At least $94, 900, 900 is in circulation in
the form of gold certificates, and $114,-
900, 900 in the form of silver certificates,
thus showing the confidence of the peo-
pie in the Government as q sacred trustee
of their most valued wealth.
It will be remembered that while
Charles II was King of England, when
his financial necessities were great, he
did not hesitate to take the gold and sill
yer deposited by the people in the ex-
chequer for the uses of his Government.
Though the act was accompanied by q
promise to repay the same, historians have
denominated it robbing the exchequer.
If in our country an individual should
present his gold certificate at the treasury
and find that there was no gold there, he
would be shocked beyond imagination, so
trustful was his faith in the fidelity of
the Government. That very fidelity has
brought untold millions into circulation
from the boards of the avaricious, who
are slow to have faith ; but when placed
it is implicit.
Had an individual in 1947 stood on the
steps of the Government Custom House,
in Wall llstreet, and proclaimed to gather
ing crowd that the United States would,
in forty years, hold in its treasury more
than twice the amount of gold that the
Bank of England ever held, and $780,
100000 of silver in addition the person
so speaking would have been hustled out
of the street by the congregated brokers
and bankers as a lunatic in need of 9
straight Jacket. .-New York Dispatch.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-09-23
FOREIGN.

One hundred houses have been destroyer
by fire In Newell, Russian Poland, and II per-
sons burned to death.
A special dispatch from harrington says
fears are entertained that Is sail belonging
to st. Pierre are lost, with all hands.
While returning from a funeral at
Mitchellstown, Ire, a mob of about 800 per-
sons completely wrecked the houses OF several
obnoxious tenants in Galbelly, who were
compelled to fee for their lives The police
escort was stoned by the mob aud com.
pelled to take refuge in the barracks.
The Killarney workhouse has been partly
destroyed by fire. The loss is e1000 1t Is
suspected that the fire was of incendiary
origin.
Rev. Dr. Bernard O'Reilly Of New York
who is staying at GlengariTe, Ire, has re-
ceived the appointment OF domestic prelate
to the Pope.
Eight men were killed by boiler explo
sion on board the West Indian steamer Elbe
during a trial trip in Stokes Bay.
There is proposed movement to expel all
Orleanist and Bonapartist princes from
France, and confiscate their property.
Thousands Of persons who had assembled
and paid to witness a foot race at Lille
bridge, Eng, for the championship of the
world, were rewarded by the non-appearunce
of the contestants. When the crowd was
made aware OF the situation, it was disguised,
and soon took revenge In riot. The mob
partly demolished two grand stands, the
dancing pavilion and the large assembly
ball, and set fire to the debris collected,
forming six large bonires. 1t then nearly
set fire TO the Brompton station. It
next looted the liquor saloons in the
vicinity and bombarded the windows and
the policemen and fremen with full and
empty bottles, The firemen played the hose
upon the rioters, but in vain. After holding
possession for three hours the mob was dis
persed, when the police, strongly REINFORCED,
inspector, after the struggle with the mob,
dropped dead from the effects of the excite
ment. The damage is enormous. The own
ers of the grounds refused to return the en-
trance money, and the people were doubly
sYaA
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-09-23
Lisbon Streefs

There is plenty of life an animation on
the streets; peasants in black Jackets,
bell-shaped trousers supported by a red
sash, and wonderfully pointed shoes,
fog their gayly decked overladen mules
over the uneven pavement; handsomely
dressed officers lounge about the doors of
the cafes; sturdy Gaician porters, the
hewers of wood and drawers of water for
the leisurely Portuguese, stagger along
under their heavy burdens; tramcars with
three or four mules abreast rattle past at
every moment. Bright-eyed children
poster you necessarily to buy tickets for
the lottery, in which you can speculate
for the low sum of threepence and horse
men in tawdry picador costume canter
about the streets, sounding bugles and
scattering handbills to announce the
programme for the next bull fight.
All the squares and modern streets are
planted with trees; and at every available
spot in the town public garden has been
laid out, with fountains surrounded by
hedges of cactus and aloes, and wealth
of roses, arums and geraniums, growing
half wild around palm trees, acacias and
bananas. In fact, the only neglected
piece of ground in Lisbon is the great
open space in front of the Kings palace
at Belem. 1t is grass grown in ruts and
holes; its few stunted trees are encircled
by broken and unpanted wooden guards; {;
the road connecting it with the center
of the town is equally uncared for. The
land belongs to the municipality, whose
representatives decline to spend money
upon it, in order to advertise the vigor
of their republican sentiments; the King
stands on his dignity and refuses to de
the work of the municipality; and thus
the state approach to the royal residence
at Belem remains disgrace to the capi-
tel Of Portugal, - Chicago Times,